Ctrl+Shift+Epic : Deployment Strategies Unleashed

“Hello, Tech Trailblazers! 🚀 Buckle up, because today we’re diving into the world of tech with a twist — imagine it’s narrated by Homer Simpson from The Simpsons. 🍩 So grab your donuts, channel your inner ‘D’oh!’ moments, and let’s get cracking! Or should I say, let’s ‘deploy’ into this adventure? 😏”

What is Deployment strategy ?

💤Boring Version: Deployment strategies ensure software updates are delivered with minimal disruption. Their importance lies in maintaining service reliability while introducing new features.

😂 Funny Version: Deployment strategies are like the dynamics in Game of Thrones: you need to seat a new king (release) on the throne without triggering a civil war (outages). It’s all about power shifts without chaos.

Deployment Strategy Evolution: A Comedic Take 🎭

1. Dino Tech Age 🦕 (1970s–1990s)

  • Deployment was as manual as assembling IKEA furniture but without instructions.
  • Engineers rebuilt the entire system every time, leading to countless “oops” moments.
  • System downtime? Oh, it was practically a vacation — sometimes lasting weeks!
  • Technology enablers? If you can call ancient mainframes and faxes “technology,” sure.

2. Script Kiddie Era 🤓 (1990s–2000s)

  • Deployment scripts were introduced, but they worked about as consistently as your New Year’s resolution.
  • Rollbacks? Hah, good luck with that! “If it breaks, we start over.”
  • At least virtual servers showed up, making the chaos a bit more manageable.

3. Netflix-and-Deploy Era 📺 (2010s–Present)

  • Enter the cool kids: Kubernetes, Docker, and “Canary” deployments (no actual birds involved).
  • Downtime became a thing of the past, and traffic management got smarter than your GPS.
  • However, now deployments require advanced YAML skills, and your wallet might shed a tear over the costs.

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Deploying Terraform IAC Using Azure DevOps Runtime Parameters

Introduction

While deploying your same terraform code manually multiple times you must have got through the thoughts:

  • If we can automate the whole deployment process and replace the whole tedious process with few clicks.
  • If we can dynamically change the values of terraform.tfvars.
  • If we can restrict the regions of deployments.
  • If we can limit our VM types to maintain better cost optimization.

In this article, we will touch upon these problems and try to resolve them in a way that the same concepts can also be applied to similar requirements. Continue reading “Deploying Terraform IAC Using Azure DevOps Runtime Parameters”